Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Students make $750 drug cheaply with Open Source Malaria team

Sydney Grammar students, under the supervision of the University of Sydney and global members of the Open Source Malaria consortium, have reproduced an essential medicine in their high school laboratories.

Medical research

Open-source drug discovery a success

In what is being called the first-ever test of open-source drug-discovery, researchers from around the world have successfully identified compounds to pursue in treating and preventing parasite-borne illnesses such as malaria ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Google teams with UNICEF to map Zika virus spread

Google on Thursday said that it is working with UNICEF to map the spread of Zika and pitching in a million dollars to support the group's efforts on the ground.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

A wristband and an app for a better back

You may think you are doing the right back exercises to help your back pain, but a new app coupled with a wristband will help you—and your doctors—to figure out if this is true.

Obstetrics & gynaecology

New Yale ResearchKit app aims to prevent pregnancy loss

One of the greatest joys for parents is the birth of their child—and one of the greatest tragedies is the loss of that child. Now, Yale physician scientist Harvey J. Kliman, M.D., has developed an iPhone app that helps ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Forecasting diseases using Wikipedia

Analyzing page views of Wikipedia articles could make it possible to monitor and forecast diseases around the globe, according to research publishing this week in PLOS Computational Biology.

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